20 Year High School Reunion: Saturday Evening Dinner
Today we traveled to Snowbird from my parents house. I rented a couple of adjoining rooms - one for Berkeley and Eliana, and one for Kristy, myself, and Olivia. Berkeley and Eliana love hotels. They go nuts in them... it's like a some grand adventure or something. They tested all of beds (by jumping on them) and then we went down to the pool. The reunion dinner started at 7pm. I arranged by way of Dave and Heather to have our kids watched by a young woman (she was great with them btw... thanks Dave!).

The reunion dinner and program was fantastic. The highlight of the evening was the debut of the Reunion DVD produced by Dave (Christenson). The committee was able to screen it on Thursday evening. The production quality of the DVD was astounding... I tip my hat to Dave(c) for his hard work. (Note: To view a sample of the Reunion DVD, go here.)

Kristy accompanied me to the dinner and was able to meet many of my old chums. I didn't talk to near as many people tonight as I did last night. I'm kind of reunion'd out I guess. I didn't take very many pictures either - I guess I had camera fatigue. Actually, as fun as it was, I'm glad it is behind me know. I think Kristy is too... I put in a lot of late night work on the web site and a lot of time these past couple of days involved in last minute planning and rehearsal.

Anyway, here are the pictures:

	These are my childhood friends going back to kindergarten at Morningside elementary. We spent many a day (and night) playing kick the can, having water fights, watching movies, jumping on a backyard trampoline... you name it. More often than not, these activities were held at Gretchen's home on Lisa Drive. Good times. From left to right: Tony Coombs, Mark Shepard, Gretchen Soffe, Rus Berrett, Dave Barnes, Mark Erekson. This is the first time we have all been together since the 80s.
	This is the group of us that pretty much were in Sunday School together every week since the time we were wee lads.... through High School. Well, pretty much. There were some other move-ins and move-outs. From left to right: Mark Shepard, Tony Coombs, Gretchen Soffe, Mark Erekson, Bret Black, Rus Berrett, Leanne Tanner, Dave Barnes.
	Dear 8 pounds 6 ounces Baby Jesus... thank you for my red hot smokin' wife!
	One of the members of our Skyline swim team, Portia Early (Class of 1989), was in charge of our music for the evening. She happens to be employed as a DJ for X96 (a Salt Lake City alternative music radio station). From left to right: Rus Berrett, Portia Early, Dave Barnes.
	The night would not be complete without a couples shot posing with my good friend Dave.
	Except for Crag Teel (who was missed), this is the complete Class of 1987 Swim Team Members from Skyline High. From left to right: Rus Berrett, Aaron Baar, Dave Barnes, Diana Sherwood, Kevin Buchan, Sue Benner, Chris Krueger, Andrea Levy

This is picture of the reunion committee (also known as "Gretchen's 13"). From left to right: Rus Berrett, Chris Krueger, Dave Barnes, Kay Shields, Kevin Buchan, Kristi McMillan, Mark Fankhauser, Sue Johnson, Steve Sherwood, Heidi Coon, David Christenson, Gretchen Soffe, Suzy Ellis.

(Update Fri Aug 03 00:22:49 PDT 2007 // added link to DVD sample)

Swim Team Reunion
Since all of the Class of 1987 members of the swim team were in town today (because of my ongoing 20-year class reunion), it was decided to get together and have a small swim team reunion. In addition to our own class, one class above us and one class below were also invited. Sue volunteered her backyard, and everyone else chipped in by bringing some snacks, drinks, desserts, etc. The was an "entire family" affair, so Kristy and kids came along. There was a slip-n-slide set up for the kids to stay cool and there were plenty of toys. While Eliana busied herself with the toys, Berkeley spent most of his time console gaming on a Nintendo Wii that Sue's son Blake has. This was Berkeley's first exposure to console gaming... needless to say, I didn't see much of Berkeley.

The adults all congregated out in the backyard of Sue and Mike's Salt Lake home. Coach Marsing was also invited and was able to attend. Diana was there with her significant other, Sue and Mike (of course), Chris and Lisa, Randi and her family, Andrea and her family, Dave and Carson and Madison, Shelley, Jennie, Julie, Mike (Nelson), Chris and Lisa, Chris (Keller) and her family, and Aaron and his son. (I probably missed listing someone.) This isn't the first swim team reunion we have had since high school, but it was still nice to catch up with my old teammates - get the latest news, meet the newest kids, etc.

Here are a couple of thumbnails from the event; a complete photo gallery is available.